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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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