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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

