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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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