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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

