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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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