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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

