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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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