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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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