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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

