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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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