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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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