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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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