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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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