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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

