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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

