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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

