The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

