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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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