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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

