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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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