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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

