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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

