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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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