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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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