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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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