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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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