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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

