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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

