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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

