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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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