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

