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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

