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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

