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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

