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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

