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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

