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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

