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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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