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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown