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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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