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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital 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
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