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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

