As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

