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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
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
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

