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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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