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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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