James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

