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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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