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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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