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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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