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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

