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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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