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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

