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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

