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