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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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