Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Millerโs Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

