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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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