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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

