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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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