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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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