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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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