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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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