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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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