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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion 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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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