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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

