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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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