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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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