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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown