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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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