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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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