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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

