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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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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