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

