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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

