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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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