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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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