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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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