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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

