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 E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didnโt leave behind much...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

