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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

