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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

