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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered 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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

