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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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