Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

