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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston