At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

