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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

