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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

