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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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