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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown