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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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