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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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