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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

