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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

