The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

