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...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

