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...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

