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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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