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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

