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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown