The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

