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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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