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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion 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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

