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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

