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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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