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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

