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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston