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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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