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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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