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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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