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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In 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