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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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