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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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