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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

