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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in 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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

