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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

