The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

