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