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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston