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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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