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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

