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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown