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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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