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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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