As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

