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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

