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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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