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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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