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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

