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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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