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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
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 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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

