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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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