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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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