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