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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

