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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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