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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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