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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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