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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

