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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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