A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Pittsburgh Building, Fifth and Wabasha, St. Paul, ca. 1926.
White paper placemat with scalloped edges advertising Hamm's Beer, ca. 1950s.
Plan and section of St. Anthony Falls in Survey of Upper Mississippi River (page 29).
Cleveland's plan for Third Ward Park, now Farview Park, included a road to the top of the hill in the park and a small pond.
A layout plan of the city of Nininger c.1856
Individual using a horse drawn planter to plant seed corn, c.1905.
Plaque above the main entrance of Winona Public Library: “Presented to the City of Winona by William Harris Laird.” Photograph by Greg Gaut, 2019. Used with the permission of Greg Gaut.
Identification plaque at the burial site of Mother Benedicta Riepp in the cemetery at Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, 2015.
Plaque in the Church of St. Columba (St. Paul) installed in memory of Father Michael J. Casey. Photograph by Paul Nelson, August 16, 2017.
Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.