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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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