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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

