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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor 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