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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered 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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

