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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

