In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

