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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

