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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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