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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

