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...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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