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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

