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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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