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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

