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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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