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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

