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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

