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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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