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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

