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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

