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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

