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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

