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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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