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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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