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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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