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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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