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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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