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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

