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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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