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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

