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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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