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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

