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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

