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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

