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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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