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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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