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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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