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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

