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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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