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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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