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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
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...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm 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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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