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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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