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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

