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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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