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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

