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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown