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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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?
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...

