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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

