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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

