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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

