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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

