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