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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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