The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

