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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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