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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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