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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

