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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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