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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown