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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

