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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston