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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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