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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
