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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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