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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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