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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

