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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

