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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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