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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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