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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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