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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

