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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

