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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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