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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

