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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

