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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

