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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

