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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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