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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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