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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

