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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

