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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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