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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

