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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

