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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

