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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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