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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor 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