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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

