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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in 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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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