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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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