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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

