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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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