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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

