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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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