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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown