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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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