At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

