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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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