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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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