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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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