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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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