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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

