The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

