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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

