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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

