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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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