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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
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...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

