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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

