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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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