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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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