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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

