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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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