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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

