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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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