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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

