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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

