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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

