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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

