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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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