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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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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