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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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