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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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