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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

