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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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