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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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