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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

