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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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