At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

