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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

