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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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