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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

