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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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