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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

