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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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