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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

