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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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