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