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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

