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