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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

