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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

