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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

