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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

