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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

