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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

