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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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