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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown