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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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