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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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