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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

