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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

