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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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