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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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