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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

