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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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