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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

