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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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