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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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