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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
