At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Butlerโs 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

