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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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