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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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