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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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