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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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