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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

