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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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