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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

