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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

