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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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