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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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