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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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