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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

