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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

