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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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