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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

