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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

