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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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