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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

