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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

