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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

