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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

