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