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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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