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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston