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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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