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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

