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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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