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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

