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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

