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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

