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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

