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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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