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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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