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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

