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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

