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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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