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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

