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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

