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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

