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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

