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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
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...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...

