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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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