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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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