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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

