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