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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

