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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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