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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

