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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

