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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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