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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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