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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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