The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 donโt...

