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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

