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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

