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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

