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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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