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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

