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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

