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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

