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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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