At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown