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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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