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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

