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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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