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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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