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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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