Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

