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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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