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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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