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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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