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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City