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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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