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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

