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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

