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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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