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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

