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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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