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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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