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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

