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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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