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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul