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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

