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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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