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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown