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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

