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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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