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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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