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