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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

