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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

