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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

