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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

