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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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