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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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