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

