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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In 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