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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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