The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill 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...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

