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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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