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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

