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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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