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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

