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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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