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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

