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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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