At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the cityโs most influential women.This...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

