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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

