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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill โ does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

