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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

