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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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