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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

