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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown