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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul