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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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