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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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