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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

