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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

