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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
