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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital 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
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