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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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