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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

