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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

