When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

