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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

