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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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