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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

