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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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