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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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