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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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