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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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