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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

