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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown