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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

