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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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