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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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