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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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