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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

