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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

