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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City