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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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