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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

