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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

