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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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