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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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