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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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