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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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