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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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