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