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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

