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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston