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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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