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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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