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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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