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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

