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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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