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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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