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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown