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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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