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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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