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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

