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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

