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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

