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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
