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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

