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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City