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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul