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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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