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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

