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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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