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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston