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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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