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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
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...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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