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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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
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