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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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