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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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