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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

