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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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?
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...

