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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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