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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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