James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

