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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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