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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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