Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
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...

