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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

