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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

