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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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