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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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