For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Twin Cities Area
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

