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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

