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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown