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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

