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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

