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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

