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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown