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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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