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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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