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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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