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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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