Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

