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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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