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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

