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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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