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