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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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