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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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