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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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