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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

