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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

