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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

