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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

